American Standard Version of 1901
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And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made,And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
For he spake, and it was done;He commanded, and it stood fast.
The day is thine, the night also is thine:Thou hast prepared the {Hebrew: luminary.}light and the sun.
Even the darkness hideth not from thee,But the night shineth as the day:The darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, {Or, because}that they have been wrought in God.
Where is the way to the dwelling of light?And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
{Or, Which is the way to the place where the light is &c.}By what way is the light parted,Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?
And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Every good {Or, giving}gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.
he revealeth the deep and secret things; he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
Where is the way to the dwelling of light?And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment;Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;
Behold, he spreadeth his light {Or, thereon}around him;And he {Or, covereth it with the depths of the sea}covereth the bottom of the sea.
who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power eternal. Amen.
Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,
to open their eyes, {Or, to turn them}that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
Seeing it is God, that said, {Genesis 1:3.}Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the {Greek: illumination.}light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.